Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1887 — THE RAILWAYS. [ARTICLE]

THE RAILWAYS.

President Roberts, of the Tennsyl- ; vauia railway, i£_of the opiuion that the ia*. itofstate commerce act will largely prevent i the public from taking undue, advantage of . the neeessitns us railway USSpaSTes f—A-srei ■ i\L'from Topeka, Kus.. says: “A charter has been issued to, the -Emporia, Winfield, and Fort Scott Railway Company. which will build a load from a point in Lyon County through Lyon. Chase. Greenwood, Butler, and Cowley Counties to the south line Of the State, thence through the. Indian Territory Jfld -t% Stale of Arkansas - to the city of -Fxw Smith, Ark.~Tb® total ; length of (he toad will b - 375 miles, and the capital stock $55*1100,000.” 1 The Ro'k Istend extension has completed its bridge across the Kansas River. - Tbe Missouri Central Road iS abbut to be consolidated .with the Kansas City Shert Line, under the Presidency of Stevenson Burke. of the Bee L fie Company. j ' - ■' ■. —■. - - fc.' r ,